Nothing happens in a vacuum. As we strive to put this concert together, there is a group of volunteers, friends and service providers who are helping us reach our goal…the world premiere of A Twentieth Century Passion in Jerusalem, a documentary on Peter’s life leading up to the concert and a film of the concert itself as well as a student version of the libretto for use in schools and through museums and historical societies.

We lost a committee member, Dora Leicht. On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2016, Dora attended a reading of the libretto at Oak Bay High School, under the guidance of Drama teacher Steven Price. Dora, a devote Lutheran who taught bible study classes up until her passing, addressed the audience and said:

“My name is Dora Leicht. I was born on the 28th of April 1924 in Breslau/ Germany. The libretto of this great Oratorio was translated by Dr. Paul Loofs, and so I could read it in my mother tongue. I was deeply moved by it. This confirms my conviction that we Christian and Jews can consider ourselves as brothers and sisters.